Monday, October 10, 2011

inspiration monday-giving thanks

Monday, my new favourite clothing day of the week thanks to two bird's Inspiration Monday challenges. I love being inspired by celebrities and finding ways to make the look my own. I wore a mid-calf skirt, which I'm usually hesitant about because of the awkward length with my 5'3" frame but Amanda from Something Old Something New gave some great tips on how to rock the mid-calf skirt! I've been dying to wear this colourful beaded skirt ever since I picked it up at my local Value Village for $2.50 so I was excited when I saw this photo of Elizabeth Olson (honestly I didn't even know she existed)!

Today is also Thanksgiving Day for us Canucks and I had a delicious Thanksgiving meal at my man's sister's house yesterday so I'm pleasantly stuffed on all the trimmings (I subsituted the turkey for extra stuffing and corn bread!) This year I have plenty to give thanks for including my supportive partner; my fun friends; my loving family; my health and my adorable cats (y'all know I had to throw that in there!)

very sweet outfit, the midi skirt looks great on you! I'm also not confident about midi skirts cuz of my height. The yellow belt is such a great highlight. I love the rings, too especially the yellow one!

We have more things in common than the Masters! Same height! And I'm also vegetarian!You look sooo lovely! I loved the skirt, the shoes, the accessories and the nails!You are so right, one of these days I went to a dinner party and people were complaining about "this and that". I looked at all of them and said "I think we are all so privileged". Then one agreed and said "she's right, we should be counting our blessings, instead of nagging!"I know I'm still very sad for my parents, but they did so much in their lives, to make sure their children would have a great future. I couldn't be more grateful to them (why do I always end up crying after writing about blessings?)Happy Thanksgiving, you look gorgeous!

I really love how you wore this midi. And your rings and nail polish are FAB as well. Fun fact: Elizabeth and James, the Olson twins clothing line, is named after that sister in the pic and their brother, James. You probably already knew that, but just in case....

Ah! I loved this look when Two Birds posted it and I love your take on it! Pairing that cute skirt with a tee is perfect cause it keeps the focus on such a fun, unique print to that skirt! Also love it with that yellow belt - you're so good with color!Thanks for linking me by the way, glad you got some courage to go mid-length from my tips!!

so thanks for clearing up that whole Thanksgiving thingwas on another friends blog from Canada and she was going on about Thanksgivingi thought blogger was doing her wrong and mixing up her posts lolmight have to jump on board this Inspiration Monday thing at some pointbrett

I totally didn't know the Olsens had a little sister either. Two Birds was how I found out heh. And don't you just love VV? A friend and I hit up the one in Orleans on Innes this Saturday and I left with so many goodies.